Congress did not accept Santiago Peña's Nov 5 resignation; the Chamber of Deputies voted 78-0 to impeach him that day, and on Nov 6 the Senate removed him from office for misconduct with all 44 senators present voting in favor.
Two or more independent outlets report it. We'll update this page as reporting comes in, then say whether it held up.
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Who's reporting it
- Buenos Aires Herald, 2026-11-05: Deputies voted 78 to 0 to impeach Peña after he announced his resignation, and a joint session meant to accept the resignation fell apart when deputies from his own party left and the quorum was lost. source
- Associated Press (via KSAT), 2026-11-06: All 44 senators present voted to remove Peña for misconduct in office; he had offered to resign but the Senate did not accept it, and impeachment stripped the immunity an accepted resignation would have given him. source
- La Nación (Paraguay), 2026-11-06: The Senate removed Peña in a unanimous roll-call vote at the end of an impeachment trial for poor performance in office over the Ueno crisis. source
- Al Jazeera, 2026-11-07: Lawmakers turned down the resignation Peña offered on Thursday and opened impeachment proceedings to keep him from retaining political immunity. source
History
- 2026-11-10: Corroborated. Early coverage, including a Euronews headline on Nov 5, described Peña as having resigned; AP, Al Jazeera, La Nación and later Euronews reporting describe removal by impeachment. The Senate count varies slightly: AP says all 44 present, La Nación's caption says 45, and HNGN reports 44-0 with one abstention.